Ackman, who said he's never spoken to Schultz, hinted that the
Starbucks CEO may have leaked a memo he wrote to the press.

"I think he doesn't really understand the facts. He's a good
friend of Mike Ullman, who sits on the board. You know the
reality is Howard Schultz, when he brought in the new CEO-- the
board brought in Jim Donald to be the CEO of Starbucks a number
of years ago and things were going poorly. Howard Schultz wrote a
memo to the board that was leaked to the press and it's not clear
who leaked that memo to the press."

Back in 2007, a memo Schultz wrote to the press to then-CEO
Jim Donald
was leaked to the press. The board then ousted Donald
and brought on Schultz again.

BILL ACKMAN: But ultimately it led to the
replacement of Jim Donald with Howard Schultz. And Howard
Schultz --

CHARLIE ROSE: Or just returned to the company
but he turned it around when he came back.

BILL ACKMAN: He did an absolutely fabulous job.
And -- but why did that memo end up being leaked to the
press?